The Offshore Gas Storage and Unloading (Licensing) Regulations 2009

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Offshore Gas Storage and Unloading (Licensing) Regulations 2009, and come into force on 13th November 2009.

(2) In these Regulations, a reference to a numbered section is to that section of the Energy Act 2008.

Applications for licences under section 4

2.—(1) An application for a licence must be—

(a) in writing, and

(b) accompanied by a fee of £2,100.

(2) However, paragraph (1)(b) does not apply to an application for an exploration licence.

(3) For that purpose, “exploration licence” means a licence to—

(a) explore any controlled place with a view to carrying on an activity within section 2(3)(a) to (d), and

(b) establish or maintain an installation in a controlled place for the purpose of such exploration.

Model clauses for gas storage licences

3.—(1) For the purposes of section 7, the model clauses prescribed for licences in respect of the activities specified in paragraph (2) are those set out in the Schedule.

(2) The activities are—

(a) activities within section 2(3)(b) to (d);

(b) activities within section 2(3)(e), so far as relating to those activities; and

(c) activities within section 2(3)(f), so far as relating to the activities mentioned in this paragraph.

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath OBE

Minister of State

Department of Energy and Climate Change

20th October 2009